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Test duration:
20
min
No. of questions:
10
Level of experience:
Entry/Mid/Senior

VSAM Test

The VSAM Test helps recruiters and hiring managers evaluate a candidate's proficiency in working with Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) on mainframe systems. It enables organizations to streamline hiring for legacy systems, mainframe, and data engineering roles by validating skills in defining VSAM datasets, record management, performance tuning, and control interval handling.

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VSAM Online Test

VSAM is introduced by IBM and stands for Virtual Storage Access Method. It is a file storage access method that is used in MVC, ZOS, and OS/390 operating systems. VSAM is a high-performance access method that is used to organize data in Mainframes. It helps organize records into four types of data sets: key-sequenced, entry-sequenced, linear, or relative. VSAM is used by COBOL and CICS in Mainframes to store and retrieve data. Input-Output operations in an application program are made easy by using VSAM.

VSAM online test helps recruiters and hiring managers assess candidates' skills related to managing virtual storage access methods. The VSAM technical test is designed by experienced subject matter experts (SMEs) to evaluate and hire Mainframe developers per industry standards.

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Test Summary

VSAM online test helps to screen the candidates who possess traits as follows:

  • Strong knowledge of types of VSAM datasets
  • Ability to work with file disposition, file attributes, and access methods
  • Experience in application development and support in the mainframe ZOS environment
  • Familiarity with COBOL, CICS, database design, and DB2 features

VSAM technical test has a powerful reporting feature that will help you get an instant result and share this result with your recruiting team. You can use ready-to-use assessment or ask us to custom make the skills assessment per your job description.

This test may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio/Video Questions, LogicBox (AI-based Pseudo-Coding Platform), Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

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  • Mainframe Developer
  • Mainframe Consultant
  • Mainframe Analyst
  • System Support Analyst
  • Mainframe Storage Engineer
  • Mainframe Testing Professional
Test Duration
20
min
No. of Questions
10
Level of Expertise
Entry/Mid/Senior
Topics Covered
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File Attributes

This test evaluates candidates' understanding of defining and managing file attributes in VSAM, such as record format, key length, and control intervals.

Access Method

This test assesses candidates' knowledge of Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) techniques for accessing data using KSDS, ESDS, and RRDS.
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Abend

This test evaluates candidates' ability to troubleshoot and resolve abnormal end (abend) errors during VSAM file operations and data processing.
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File Disposition

This test assesses candidates' understanding of file disposition parameters, including creation, deletion, and retention policies in batch jobs using JCL.
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Cluster Level

This test evaluates candidates' knowledge of cluster structures in VSAM, including components like base clusters, alternate indexes, and paths.
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Types of VSAM

This test assesses candidates' familiarity with different types of VSAM datasets such as KSDS, ESDS, RRDS, and LDS and their use cases in enterprise systems.
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